Casement-window



T. NIXON. DECD.

a: H. mxon. ADMINISTRATRIX.

CASEMENT WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 6. 1918.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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B. H. NIXON. ADMINISTRATRIX- CASEMENT WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-26. 191a.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFnIoE.

THOMAS NIXON, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA; BLAN CHE H. NIXON, ADMINISTRA- TRIX OF SAID THOMAS NIXON, DECEASED.

v GASEMENT-WINDOW.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, THOMAS NIXON, 21.01171- zen of the United States, residing at Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Casement-lVindows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tow the accompanying drawings. I v

This invention relates to Windows, and particularly to casement windows.

The general object of the invention is to so construct-the casement window that it shall be locked against inward opening movement when the window is closed and in this connection to provide acasement window which in its normally closed position is lowered into a recess in the window sill so that it cannot be opened but which may be raised a slight amount in order to disengage the two sashes of the easement window from the walls ofthe recess to thereby permit the sashes to be opened.

A further ob ect 1s to so construct a casement window that when closedit shall prevent the entrance of water and dust.

A further object is to provide means whereby the window, may bereadily lifted out .of the locking i'ecess in the sill to permit the window sashes to be opened.v

Still another object is to provide means for .holding the window sashes in a plurality of open positions; 1

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. a

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- wherein invention; i c

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the window frame, one of the sashes being in elevation; i

Fig. 3 is a face view of the plate 17 Fig. 1 is a fragmentary transverse sec 'tional View on the line 4-4 of Fig. 5;

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a I .wmdow constructed in accordance with my I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Fgb. 24, 192() Applicationfiled October 26, 1918. Serial No. 259,772. 7 I

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary face view of the w1ndow frame; and

Fig. 91s an elevatlon' of one of the hangers for thelevers 30.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that the window frame is constructedin the usual manner,exceptthat a recess is provided in the head of the frame to permit the rabbeted and the-confronting faces of the sash frames being 'rabbeted to correspond.

upward movement of, the window to a slight degree and a recess is provided rearward of the window stool into which the lower end of the sash normally rests. The sashes consist of the usual rectangular sash frames 10 'carryin The outer ends of the hanging stiles are co'nnected by means of an integral cross barlet which is also rabbeted to receive the upper rail 10 of the sash. The lower ends of the hanging stiles are not connected. The hang ing stiles are slidingly engaged with the jambs of the. window frame by means of screws 15 passing through vertically disposed slots 16 in the hanging stiles 12, the heads of the stiles being disposed in a longitudinally extending countersink formed in a slotted metallic strip 17 (see. Fig. l The slot 18 of this strip and the slot 16 arejust long enough to permit a vertical movement of the hanging stile sufficient tocle'a'r the V correspondingsash from the recess in the window sill; The hanging stile .12 slides against the usual blind stop 19 onthe outside of the sash and the usual stop 2.0 on the inside of. the sash.

The head of the window casing, as'illus- 4' trated inv Fig. 2, consists of the head 21",- the false head 22, the blind stop 19 and the stop 20. The sillof the window comprises the sill proper.23,the stool 24, and the cat ter stop 25. The outer edgeof the'stool 21" is downwardly beveled as at 26 and the stop 25 is spacedfrom this inner edge a distance just sufficient to permit the; lower rail 10 of the window sash to slip into place between is beveled so as to fit against the bev'eledfa'ce 26. When this sashis lowered, this lower rail rests upon the sill 23. Between the the beveled edge .26 of the stooland the stop 25. The inner corner of this rail 10" blind stop 19 and the false head '22 there is formed the transversely extending recess 27 of such depth that when the sashes are raised, the'lower edge of the sashes will be disposed above the stool 24 solas to permit the window sashes to be swun open.

For the purpose of counter alancing the window sashes so that they may be readily lifted by hand, I hinge to the frame of the window, on each side,.the hangers 28, each hanger being 'U-shaped in form and having a'pintle at its upper end engaged withthe hinge leaf 29, the lower end of the hanger having pivoted thereto a lever 30, the inner end of'which is notched as at 31 and extends into a mortise in the hanging stile. Extending across this mortise is a metallic plate 32 held by screws to the hanging stile and with which the notched end 31 of the lever engages he lever 30 extends into the weight chamber of the Window j amb and connected thereto jbya wire cable 33 is the sash weight 34.

The weights are about two-thirds the weight of the window sash and the hanging stile so that the window sashwith its stile is not entirely counterbalanced but at the same time maybe readily lifted by hand.

F or the purpose of locking the sashes closed and also providing means whereby the sashes may bereadily raised, I mount upon'each lower rail 10 of the sashes, a

' vided with a tooth 42 engageable with the means for raising the sash.

lug 38 and with the outwardly and downwardly curved finger piece 43. A spring 44 urges the latch inward into locking position. The upward movement of the member 41 is limited by the upper end of the recess 45 wherein the actuating member 41 and the latch are disposed, and it will be obvious that as the member 41 is pulled up ward,the tooth 42 will engage the lug 38 and force the detent end 36 of the latch 35 inward and away from beneath the keeper plate 40 and that then a further upward movement of the member 41 causes it to abut against the stop formed by the end of the recess so that this finger hold 43 forms Preferably the hanging 'stile 'operates against a wooden anti-friction roller 46 disposed in a recess 47. Of course I do not wish to be limited to this, nor do I wish to be limited to any of the'details of construction. 7 v

of notches 50, this arcuate face being concentricto the centers of the hinges on which the sashes swing and I mount upon the upper rail 10 of each window sash a spring bolt, the

casing of which is designated 51. Disposed within this casing or housing is a spring actuated bolt 52 carrying at its end a roller 53 designed .to engage in the notches 50, the housing or casing being slotted as at 51 to permit'the' retraction of the spring bolt on the roller. While normally this springbolt will hold the sash in any adjusted position, yet pressure upon the sash will cause the roller 53 to ride-upon the notch with'which it is engaged and the spring bolt move inward thus permittin the ready movement of, the sash to any adjusted position It will be seen that a window constructed as above described is burglar-proof inasmuch as when the sashes are lowered, the sashes are held from any. opening movement by the engagement ofthe lower bars of the sashes with the stool 24 and the stop 25. 7 Furthermore whe'nthe sashes are lowered into their locking or closed position, the beveled face 26 will have wedging engagement .withthe confronting beveled face of the rail 10, thus wedging the sashes outward into tight contact with the blind stop 19 so that any rain or dust-cannot enter between the blind stop and the hanging stile nor between the bar 10" and the window stool. The window may be locked in this position in any suitable manner. When the sashes are raised by means ofthe member 41 they maybe readily swung outward and held in any adjusted position by the latching bolt 11.0.

and adjuster plate as previously described.

While I have illustrated a form of my invention whichI believe to be thoroughly efi'ective I do not wish to be limited thereto as it'is obvious that many changes maybe made in the detailed construction. without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

1. A window including a window frame formed to provide laterally disposed Vertical guidewaysand' transversely disposed recesses in the head of the sill, hanging stiles disposed in the guideways and having lim ited vertical movement therein and con- 125,

nected by a cross bar disposed within the transverse recess in the head of the frame,

said hangingstiles being vertically slotted, screws passing through said slots and into the jambs of the window frame to thereby hold the hanging stiles from movement away from the window frame and the sashes being hinged to the hanging stiles for swinging'movement in a horizontal plane, said sashes when closed having their lower edges disposed in the transverse recess in the sill of the frame, and the cross bar of the hanging stiles being disposed in the transverse recess in the head and having vertical sliding movement therein.v

2. A window including a window frame, hanging stiles connected by a cross bar at their upper ends and having limited vertical movement in the window frame, casement windows hinged to said stiles and having vertical movement therewith and hav ing swinging movement in a horizontal plane, the window sill being formed with a transverse recess receiving the lower rails of the sashes when the sashes are closed and preventing o ening movement of the sashes when the sas ies are lowered, the side edges of the sliding stiles of the sashes being recessed, a plate extending across the upper portion of each recess, and levers extending throu h the window frame at each side of the window, each lever at its inner end having a notch operatively engaging-beneath the corresponding plate, and hangers swingingly mounted upon the window frame and pivotally supporting said levers, and weights disposed in the window frame and depending from the outerends of the levers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I 85- THOMAS Nr oN.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. GRIM, CLINTON IDLOR. 

